News from October 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Michael R. Casey, 71, a fugitive for over four years, pled guilty today for his participation in a $21 million investment fraud scheme.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ROME, Ga. - Tiffany Cook, a former Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) officer, pleaded guilty to being paid by a prison inmate to smuggle methamphetamine and marijuana into Hays State Prison located in Trion, Georgia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM - A federal judge today sentenced a Sylacauga man to 10 years in prison on drug and gun charges, announced U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DARRYCK NORRIS, 25, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to distributing heroin while released on bond and awaiting sentencing for a prior heroin distribution offense.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - Two companies were sentenced in federal court today relating to their introduction of adulterated and misbranded pet food ingredients into interstate commerce.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Your chance to make the 2018 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony part of your holiday plans is quickly approaching! Co-presented by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, this beloved American tradition features live musical performances and the official lighting of the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse at President’s Park (White House).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - Two companies were sentenced in federal court today relating to their introduction of adulterated and misbranded pet food ingredients into interstate commerce.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Jeffrey Blake Vanover, 53, of Roswell, N.M., pled guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to unlawfully possessing explosives. Vanover entered his guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SOUTH BEND - Andre Pittman, 31 years old, of South Bend, Indiana was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio, after pleading guilty to two counts of robbery affecting interstate commerce, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Forfeited Items Include 46 Firearms, Sawed-Off Shotguns, Unregistered Silencers, and KKK Materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Lonnie Alton Butler, 34, of Rossford, was indicted for failure to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KAN. - A former deputy with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in federal prison for lying to investigators about a missing machinegun, U.S. Attorney Stephan McAllister said.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Salt Flat, Texas - On Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 from 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Guadalupe Mountains National Park and the National Cave and Karst Research Institute (NCKRI) will offer a Paleontological Resource Protection Conference for local, state and federal law enforcement professionals. The conference will...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that U.S. District Judge William M. Conley sentenced Joel Helding, 32, Merrill, Wisconsin, yesterday to 18 years in federal prison, and Valerie Flores-Helding, 25, also of Merrill, on October 5 to 10 years in federal prison, for possessing more than 300 pounds of marijuana with the intent to distribute it.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, William F. Sweeney, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI"), James J. Hunt, Special Agent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jason E. Mininger, 50, of Folsom, CA, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay $917,714 in restitution to the victims of the fraud, United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture cancellations of export sales of 140,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2018/2019 marketing year.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that on October 4, 2018, Tromar Mapp, age 30, of Seaford, Delaware, was sentenced to 80 months in prison for dealing heroin and possessing a handgun in furtherance of drug trafficking.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Mitchell Davis, DC, 50, a St. Louis chiropractor, was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and fined $350,000 for his role in a scheme to illegally obtain confidential information from St. Louis Police Department reports with which he would solicit clients to his practice. David appeared in federal court before Chief Judge Rodney Sippel on Wednesday.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2018
News Release: Federal District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson sentenced ANTHONY JAMAL WALTERS, 37, of Loveland, Colorado on October 5, 2018 for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Walters was arrested in Larimer County, Colorado. He received one hundred thirty five months of imprisonment, to be followed by sixty...
